Current Employment Position(s)

Associate

Lawyer Overview

Ann Hetherwick ("Hether") Cahill is a graduate of Skidmore College (B.A., philosophy/government, 2000) and Suffolk University Law School (J.D., 2006). While at Suffolk, she was a member of the Suffolk Transnational Law Review, received the Best Brief Award in her Legal Practice Skills Course, and served as a student prosecutor at the East Boston District Attorney's Office. Prior to and during law school, she worked as a litigation legal assistant at the law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

Following law school, she served as law clerk to the Hon. Joseph A. Trainor of the Massachusetts Appeals Court. Since joining Sally & Fitch LLP, Hether has worked on all areas of complex civil litigation. Her recent cases have included bank fraud, personal injury and probate.

In 2009, Law & Politics recognized Hether as a Rising Star in the Massachusetts Super Lawyer list published in Boston Magazine.  The Rising Star award is limited to 2.5% of lawyers in Massachusetts under the age of 40 who have been practicing for less than 10 years.

Her publications include:

• Employment Law -- Combining Non-Consecutive Periods of Employment to Qualify as an 'Eligible Employee' under the Federal Family Medical Leave Act, Rucker v. Lee Holding Co., 471 F.3d 6 (1st Cir. 2006)", Massachusetts Law Review, v.91, No. 4, p. 182 (Jan. 2009),
• "Constitutional Law-Spies Barred from Enforcing Espionage Agreements with the United States-Tenet v. Doe, 125 S. Ct. 1230 (2005)," Suffolk Transnational Law Review, Volume XXIX (Summer 2006)
• "Admissibility of Hearsay Statements to Police: Davis v. Washington and Hammon v. Indiana," Boston Bar Journal, 50-DEC B.B.J.1(November/December 2006).

Hether is admitted to the bars of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She is a member of the Boston and Massachusetts Bar Associations.

Areas of Practice

• Complex Civil Litigation
• Bank Fraud
• Personal Injury Matters

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Criminal Fraud, Complex Litigation, Personal Injury -- Plaintiff

Bar Admissions

• Massachusetts
• U.S. District Court District of Massachusetts

Past Employment Positions

• Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom L.L.P., Litigation Legal Assistant
• Hon. Joseph A. Trainor, Massachusetts Appeals Court, Law Clerk

Education

• Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Massachusetts, 2006
  J.D.
  Honors: Best Brief Award in her Legal Practice Skills Course
  Honors: Student Prosecutor, East Boston District Attorney's Office
  
  Law Review: Suffolk Transnational Law Review, Member
• Skidmore College, 2000
  B.A.
  Major: Philosophy/Government

Published Works

• "Constitutional Law-Spies Barred from Enforcing Espionage Agreements with the United States-Tenet v. Doe, 125 S. Ct. 1230 (2005)", Suffolk Transnational Law Review, Volume XXIX, Summer, 2006
• "Admissibility of Hearsay Statements to Police: Davis v. Washington and Hammon v. Indiana", Boston Bar Journal, 50-DEC B.B.J.1, November/December, 2006

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